Setting up a non-profit association
- Step 1: At least three people come together to carry out activities in common, to achieve an object or defend an opportunity. To this end, they decide to create an organisation called a non-profit organisation (asbl).
- Step 2: The same people, called founding members, draw up and adopt the text of the articles of association, which set out the rules governing the operation of the non-profit association.
- Step 3: The founding members meet in a general assembly to elect the members of the board of directors of the non-profit organisation. These are the members of the board of directors or administrators.
- Step 4: The directors appoint from among themselves a president, a secretary, a treasurer and, if necessary, determine the allocation of other tasks necessary for the proper functioning of the board.
- Step 5: The board now has the information needed to complete the formalities for registering and filing the articles of association with the Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés.
The non-profit organisation is now duly constituted as a legal entity and can claim to be a legal person with its own existence and an autonomous legal personality, distinct from those of its members.